The Syntax Of Whether/Q … Or Questions: Ellipsis Combined With Movement
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عنوان ژورنال: Natural Language & Linguistic Theory
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0167-806X
DOI: 10.1023/b:nala.0000027674.87552.71